How You Can Celebrate Christmas With Your Favorite GAF Stars

Published: October 4, 2024

You Can Celebrate Christmas With Your Favorite GAF Stars – Here’s How

By Movieguide® Contributor

The holidays are around the corner, and Great American Family Network has something special planned that you won’t want to miss.

This year, the network is hosting the Great American Family Christmas Festival, which will be held at Northwell Park at UBS Arena in New York from Nov. 22 through Dec. 29.

“Great American Family Christmas Festival features one of New York’s most glorious homegrown Christmas trees for festive nightly lighting ceremony, brilliant Christmas light displays, ice skating, delicious food and beverage by the fire, holiday crafting classes, and photos with Santa Claus, beginning November 22-December 29,” a press release announced. “Meet the stars of Great American Family Christmas movie weekends and enjoy World Premiere movie screenings, Q&As, panels, and scheduled photo ops.”

GAF Insiders got early access to tickets on Oct. 3, while the general public can purchase tickets beginning today, Oct. 4.

The festival will feature five “entertainment zones.” These zones include “Candy Cane Lane,” “Frosty’s Frozen Skate,” “Rudolph’s Main Stage,” “Santa’s Craft Village” and “Eat, Drink & Be Merry.”

Great American Family actors attending the event include Candace Cameron Bure, Cameron Mathison, Jillian Murray, Laura Osnes, Julia Reilly, Jesse Hutch and Danica McKellar. PEOPLE reported that additional talent is yet to be announced.

Bure and McKellar will be present for a special tree-lighting event on Friday, Nov. 22.

Special screenings of GAF’s new movies, called “Movie Screening with the Stars,” will also occur throughout the event’s month-long run. The movies making their world premiere include:

11/23 – HOME SWEET CHRISTMAS starring Candace Cameron Bure and Cameron Mathison

11/24 – A CINDERELLA CHRISTMAS BALL starring Danica McKellar and Oliver Rice

11/30 – A LITTLE WOMEN’S CHRISTMAS starring Trevor Donovan, Jen Lilley, Jillian Murray, Laura Osnes, Julia Reilly, and Jesse Hutch

12/7 – A VINTAGE CHRISTMAS starring Merritt Patterson and Christopher Russell

12/21 – ONCE UPON A CHRISTMAS WISH starring Mario Lopez and Courtney Lopez

Tickets can be purchased at greatamericanfamilychristmasfestival.com.

Movieguide® previously reported:

Great American Family is kicking off a new holiday tradition this year — the network just announced the first Great American Family Christmas Festival!

“Over the past decade, my team and I have envisioned a Christmas Festival that will attract people from far and wide and offer fans a chance to meet the stars of our movies and immerse themselves in a one-of-a-kind festive experience, ” Bill Abbott, President & CEO of Great American Media, said in a press release…

The Great American Family Christmas Festival is also being put on in partnership with CandyRock Entertainment.

“Between Islanders Ownership, who have an unparalleled commitment to the guest experience at UBS Arena, our Chief Creative Officer Candace Cameron Bure and her team at CandyRock Entertainment, and our terrific roster of talent, this partnership is poised to deliver the nation’s premier holiday event “, not just this year, but for many seasons to come,” Abbott concluded.

Bure echoed Abbott’s statement, saying, “We all look forward to the holidays as a time to be together with our families and make new memories, and this is what the Christmas Festival is all about. We’re so happy to give families a new opportunity to experience joy, play together, and celebrate this season.”